Bread and Chocolate
May 28, 2008
Abby Andrews
After a long day on Tuesday, we were all ready to spend a nice quiet day in Tours. We all arrived with our exchange students between 8 and 9am. From there we split up into two groups - sophomores and juniors - and were off for the day. The juniors started off at a boulangerie first thing in the morning. We learned about the old fashion way of making bread and we were shown how all the different machines work. The most interesting part was the oven - it was around 70 years old and had never been turned off. If turned off, though, it would take two weeks to completely cool down. We then got to try some of the bread and taste an award winning type of bread that was very delicious!
After eating, we continued our day by walking across town to la Musee de Compagnonnage. Here we learned about the different practices that students can pick up. There is basically a job that children around the age of 14 or 15 can begin where they do an apprenticeship of a job that they might prefer doing when they are old enough. They have to go through an extensive process to be accepted into these guilds. The final part of this process includes creating a masterpiece for their specialty, so they can be accepted. This museum displays these specialties which were quite amazing.
After an hour spent at the museum, we returned to the school for a two our lunch and some free time of playing volleyball and basketball and relaxing in the courtyard area. After lunch we were off to our last two stops for the day. The juniors began at la Musee de Beaux Arts, which contained many different popular art pieces. We then, walked across town to arrive at a candy store. Here we got to watch them make chocolate, hard candies, and stuffed prunes - trying all of them. They were delicious!! After we all made our purchases of the sweets, we headed back to the school to leave with our exchange students! The day is over! Au revoir.
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